APRIL 2018
A new design competition:
"Dream 2074! A Utopia for
French Luxury"
A partnership between the Cumulus network of international art and design schools, the French school Ensaama and the Comité Colbert
A new design competition, "Dream 2074! A Utopia for French Luxury", was launched during the Paris conference of the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media, known as Cumulus. The competition is open to all network members, i.e. 257 institutions of higher learning from 54 countries.
Previously, French luxury had envisioned a bright future for society in literary form with its "Dreaming 2074: A Utopia Created by French Luxury", a collective digital work containing six science fiction stories. By launching this new competition, it is giving international design schools a chance to imagine what French luxury will be like in its 2074 society.
The winning institution will be announced on 30 May, during the next meeting of the Cumulus Conference at Rovaniemi, Finland.
PROXIMONDIAL
adjective
Is made by combining proxi-, from the Latin superlative proximus “the closest” and mondial (“earthly”). It reveals that what is closest can paradoxically belong to the category of the human universal.
October 17
“Dreaming 2074” at the FIAC, Paris
Three of the fifty art works produced by young Japanese artists for the “Dreaming 2074” competition, a joint initiative of the Comité Colbert and Tokyo University of the Arts, are being presented at the FIAC from October 18 to 22, 2017.
Inspired by short sci-fi stories from the digital work “Dreaming 2074: A Utopia Created by French Luxury,” each student project conveys an optimistic vision of the future.
October 17
“Dreaming 2074” at the FIAC, Paris
Three of the fifty art works produced by young Japanese artists for the “Dreaming 2074” competition, a joint initiative of the Comité Colbert and Tokyo University of the Arts, are being presented at the FIAC from October 18 to 22, 2017.
Inspired by short sci-fi stories from the digital work “Dreaming 2074: A Utopia Created by French Luxury,” each student project conveys an optimistic vision of the future.
ORBIQUITÉ
noun
Based on ubiquity and formed from the Latin orbs, orbis “circle”, it deals with simultaneous presence, not in abstract terms but on the “World of Men”.
Three art works at the FIAC
BEL-ÊTRE
noun
From the word bel (“beautiful”) and être (“being”). Appeared in the 2050s, bel-être established a status of being that is particular and sensitive to all, making the person who bears this quality a carrier of beauty.
Three japanese artists
FORMOSE
adjective
In keeping with its Latin etymology, formose, compared to beautiful, contributes an idea of natural elegance and charm.
Founded in Paris in 1974, the International Contemporary Art Fair [Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain] brings together modern and contemporary art galleries among the most important on the international scene. All media are represented: painting, sculpture, photography, installations, videos, performances, and digital arts. In 2016, the FIAC assembles 186 galleries, originating from 27 countries.
FIAC is the meeting place dedicated to art professionals and each year invites gallery owners, collectors, artists, curators, directors of institutions and personalities from the international contemporary art world from over 66 countries. Each year, FIAC records over 70 000 entries.
In 2017, FIAC will take place from 19 to 22 October.
Jennifer FLAY, director of the FIAC
CMC
noun
Stands for the Cercle mondial de connaisseurs (“Global Circle of Connaisseurs”), an expression that appeared in 2010-2020.
The Comité Colbert gathers 81 French luxury houses and 14 cultural institutions that work together to promote French Art de Vivre at international level.
This think tank recently projected itself into the year 2074. Entrusting its vision of utopia to sci-fi writers, it published a digital work entitled Dreaming 2074 and started in partnership with Tokyo University of the Arts a conversation between French and Japanese imaginations.
Together, they went on to hold a Rêver 2074 (Dreaming 2074) competition. The three awarded artworks, presented at the FIAC international art fair 2017, convey the idea of an optimistic future. They embody this unique dialogue between luxury, literature and the visual arts.
June 2017
Dreaming 2074 at Tokyo University of the Arts
From June 16 to 25, 2017, the fifty art works produced for the “Dreaming 2074” competition by young artists from Tokyo University of the Arts are exhibited at the university art museum.
NOVENTIQUE
adjective and noun
Formed from the radical nov- from innover (“innovate”) and nouveau (“new”) and the ending of the adjective authentique (“authentic”).
Why challenge young Japanese artists?
IMAGIQUE
adjective
Portmanteau word in which the adjective magique (“magic”) is partially absorbed by the idea of “image”. With this word, what is together full of imagery and magic takes on a sensitive quality that is both visible and spiritual.
50 artworks inspired by Dreaming 2074
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts was founded in May 1949 under the National School Establishment Law (Act No. 150 of 1949) through a merger of Tokyo Fine Arts School (currently the Faculty of Fine Arts) and Tokyo Music School (currently the Faculty of Music). At the time of its establishment, the university comprised ten departments in two faculties, the Faculty of Fine Arts (Departments of Painting, Sculpture, Crafts, Architecture, and Aesthetics and Art History), the Faculty of Music (Departments of Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Conducting, and Musicology), as well as the University Library.
The faculties have expanded and been reorganized through the years, resulting in the current organization comprising 14 departments in two faculties; the Faculty of Fine Arts (Departments of Painting, Sculpture, Crafts, Design, Architecture, Inter-Media Art, and Aesthetics and Art History), Faculty of Music (Departments of Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Conducting, Traditional Japanese Music, Musicology, and Musical Creativity and the Environment), as well as facilities such as the University Library, the University Art Museum, and the Performing Arts Center.
The Graduate School comprises three schools; the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the Graduate School of Music, and the Graduate School of Film and New Media. The university also contains the Music High School and an education and research facility attached to the Faculty of Music.
Tokyo University of the Arts is spread across four campuses; Ueno Park in Taito-ku, Toride City in Ibaraki Prefecture, Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture and Senju in Adachi-ku, with the majority of departments and facilities concentrated within Ueno Park. First-year courses in the Faculty of Fine Arts (excluding the Department of Aesthetics and Art History), the Department of Inter-Media Art in the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Graduate School of Fine Arts are located at the Toride Campus. The Graduate School of Film and New Media is situated at the Yokohama Campus, and the Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment in the Faculty of Music, and various research fields of the Department of Musicology and Music Studies in the Graduate School of Music are at the Senju Campus.
October 14
Sci-fi and utopia
The Comité Colbert entrusted its utopia for 2074 to six sci-fi writers - Samantha Bailly, Jean-Claude Dunyach, Anne Fakhouri, Xavier Mauméjean, Olivier Paquet and Joëlle Wintrebert - as well as composer Roque Rivas and linguist Alain Rey.
IMMATÉRIALISTE
adjective
Formed from immatériel (immaterial) with regard to the research conducted by certain luxury industries into the virtual transmission of new sensations that evoke rare and precious substances.
Fourteen new words coined by Alain Rey
Alain Rey – Dreaming 2074: A Utopia Created by French Luxury
- ARTIFACTUMアルティファクトゥム
- BEL-ÊTREベルエートル
- CALLIPHOREカリフォール
- CMCCMC
- EXTASIEエクスタジー
- FORMOSEフォルモーズ
- IMAGIQUEイマジック
- IMMATÉRIALISTEイマテリアリスト
- INSTÉTERNELアンステテルネル
- INTIPLANÉTAIREアンチプラネテール
- NOVENTIQUEノヴァンティック
- ORBIQUITÉオルビキテ
- PROXIMONDIALプロクシモンディアル
- RÊVER-VRAIレヴェ・ヴレ
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ARTIFACTUM
アルティファクトゥム
noun Created by human activity, technique, savoir-faire. The word is the opposite of naturel as well as industriel.
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BEL-ÊTRE
ベルエートル
noun From the word bel (“beautiful”) and être (“being”). Appeared in the 2050s, bel-être established a status of being that is particular and sensitive to all, making the person who bears this quality a carrier of beauty.
男性名詞 Bien-êtreビヤンネートル（生活の質）をモデルにつくられた言葉。Belは美を表わす。2050年代に出現したこの合成語は、美的な感覚と外見とによって示される客観的状態を指し、ビヤンネートルの主観性に対応する
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CALLIPHORE
カリフォール
adjective Describes what “carries”, transmits beauty, regardless of its nature. Luxury producers are honoured to be refered to as calliphore.
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CMC
CMC
noun Stands for the Cercle mondial de connaisseurs (“Global Circle of Connaisseurs”), an expression that appeared in 2010-2020.
男性名詞 愛好者の世界的サークルの略称。2010年から2020年代にかけて現われた表現。
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EXTASIE
エクスタジー
noun The term extasie relates to this state of pleasure where the usual sensations are transcended. Not to be confused with the word ecstasy referring to a drug that was popular near the end of the 20th century.
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FORMOSE
フォルモーズ
adjective In keeping with its Latin etymology, formose, compared to beautiful, contributes an idea of natural elegance and charm.
形容詞 ラテン語のformosusフォルモーススから取られた言葉。フォルモーズは自然なエレガンスと魅力の含意を有し、この点において同じ美を表わすbeauボー、 belleベルと異なるのである。
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IMAGIQUE
イマジック
adjective Portmanteau word in which the adjective magique (“magic”) is partially absorbed by the idea of “image”. With this word, what is together full of imagery and magic takes on a sensitive quality that is both visible and spiritual.
形容詞 形容詞Magiqueマジックの一部がimageイマージュ（像）の概念によって吸収されたもの。イマージュ本来の意味からのイメージと意味を強調されたマジックとが相まって、この言葉に優れた資質をもたらしている。それは目に見えると同時に精神的な資質である。
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IMMATÉRIALISTE
イマテリアリスト
adjective Formed from immatériel (immaterial) with regard to the research conducted by certain luxury industries into the virtual transmission of new sensations that evoke rare and precious substances.
形容詞 immatérielイマテリエルから派生したこの形容詞は、稀少物質を連想させる新たな感覚を仮想経路を使って伝達しようという一部のリュクス企業による研究について用いられた。
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INSTÉTERNEL
アンステテルネル
adjective Formed by combining éternel (“eternal”) with instant. It refers to one of the major paradoxes of luxury: while producing immediate sensations, luxury experiences are long-lasting ones.
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INTIPLANÉTAIRE
アンチプラネテール
adjective Formed from intime (“intimate”) and planétaire (“planetary”), this word qualifies the character of emotions and pleasures, both humanistic and universal on a human level and yet personal and intimate at the same time.
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NOVENTIQUE
ノヴァンティック
adjective and noun Formed from the radical nov- from innover (“innovate”) and nouveau (“new”) and the ending of the adjective authentique (“authentic”).
形容詞および男性名詞 この言葉は、innover イノヴェ（革新する）とnouveauヌーヴォー（新しい）の語基nov-およびauthentiqueオートンティック（正統的）の語尾を組みあわせてつくられた。
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ORBIQUITÉ
オルビキテ
noun Based on ubiquity and formed from the Latin orbs, orbis “circle”, it deals with simultaneous presence, not in abstract terms but on the “World of Men”.
女性名詞 抽象的にではなく「人間の地球」上での遍在を語るために, Ubiquitéユビキテ(遍 在)にラテン語で「円」を意味するorbs, orbisを合成してつくられた言葉。
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PROXIMONDIAL
プロクシモンディアル
adjective Is made by combining proxi-, from the Latin superlative proximus “the closest” and mondial (“earthly”). It reveals that what is closest can paradoxically belong to the category of the human universal.
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RÊVER-VRAI
レヴェ・ヴレ
noun Expresses the desire and the need to allow everyone to access what used to seem inaccessible.
男性名詞 到達不可能と思われる領域に誰でもが容易に近づけるようにしたいという欲求を表現する。
The Comité Colbert encourages all and sundry to contribute to its utopia, by writing haiku inspired by fourteen new words coined by linguist Alain Rey for “Dreaming 2074: A Utopia Created by French Luxury.”
2013
A collective utopia created by French luxury
Each Colbert member developed its own utopic vision of 2074 then, throughout 2013, engaged in discussions with other members to shape a collective utopia for French luxury.
RÊVER-VRAI
noun
Expresses the desire and the need to allow everyone to access what used to seem inaccessible.